Table 3.

Results of linear regression analysis of dog, cat, and total live release rates as a function of total annual intakes and as a function of total outcomes by animal shelter organizations in the United States from 2016 to 2020.

Shelter metric	Slope	P-value*	Y-intercept	Total change	Final value	% change
LRR intakes	0.033	<0.001	0.666	0.133	0.799	20
Dogs	0.025	0.007	0.696	0.101	0.797	15
Cats	0.023	0.02	0.774	0.094	0.868	12
LRR outcomes	0.018	0.03	0.792	0.072	0.865	9
Dogs	0.036	0.008	0.597	0.143	0.740	24
Cats	0.033	0.007	0.612	0.130	0.743	21

See Table 1 for key.